Aristotle In Aquinas S Theology

Author : Gilles Emery,Matthew Levering
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 282 pages
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Release : 2015
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198749639

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Aristotle in Aquinas's Theology by Gilles Emery,Matthew Levering Pdf

Aristotle in Aquinas's Theology explores the role of Aristotelian concepts, principles, and themes in Thomas Aquinas's theology. Each chapter investigates the significance of Aquinas's theological reception of Aristotle in a central theological domain: the Trinity, the angels, soul and body, the Mosaic law, grace, charity, justice, contemplation and action, Christ, and the sacraments. In general, the essays focus on the Summa theologiae, but some range more widely in Aquinas's corpus. For some time, it has above all been the influence of Aristotle on Aquinas's philosophy that has been the center of attention. Perhaps in reaction to philosophical neo-Thomism, or perhaps because this Aristotelian influence appears no longer necessary to demonstrate, the role of Aristotle in Aquinas's theology presently receives less theological attention than does Aquinas's use of other authorities (whether Scripture or particular Fathers), especially in domains outside of theological ethics. Indeed, in some theological circles the influence of Aristotle upon Aquinas's theology is no longer well understood. Readers will encounter here the great Aristotelian themes, such as act and potency, God as pure act, substance and accidents, power and generation, change and motion, fourfold causality, form and matter, hylomorphic anthropology, the structure of intellection, the relationship between knowledge and will, happiness and friendship, habits and virtues, contemplation and action, politics and justice, the best form of government, and private property and the common good. The ten essays in this book engage Aquinas's reception of Aristotle in his theology from a variety of points of view: historical, philosophical, and constructively theological.

Author : Daniel Westberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
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Release : 1994-09-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191040511

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Right Practical Reason by Daniel Westberg Pdf

This book is a study of the role of intellect in human action as described by Thomas Aquinas. One of its primary aims is to compare the interpretation of Aristotle by Aquinas with the lines of interpretation offered in contemporary Aristotelian scholarship. The book seeks to clarify the problems involved in the appropriation of Aristotle's theory by a Christian theologian, including such topics as the practical syllogism and the problems of akrasia. Professor Westberg argues that Aquinas was much closer to Aristotle than is often recognized; and he puts forward important new interpretations of the relation of intellect and will in the stages of intention, deliberation, decision, and execution. In the concluding section of the book, he shows how this new interpretation yields fruitful insights on a range of theological topics, including sin, law, love and the moral virtues.

Author : Michael Dauphinais,Barry David,Matthew Levering
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813214924

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Aquinas the Augustinian by Michael Dauphinais,Barry David,Matthew Levering Pdf

The book is composed of eleven essays by an international group of renowned scholars from the United States, England, Switzerland, Holland, and Italy

Author : Robert Pasnau,Christopher Shields
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
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Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000304374

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The Philosophy Of Aquinas by Robert Pasnau,Christopher Shields Pdf

This book introduces Thomas Aquinas's own principal fascinations in philosophy: rational theology, metaphysics, human nature, philosophy of mind, and value theory. It offers an introduction to his overarching explanatory framework in a distinctive deployment of an approach familiar from Aristotle.

Author : Brock Stephen L
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227905791

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The Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas by Brock Stephen L Pdf

If Saint Thomas Aquinas was a great theologian, it is in no small part because he was a great philosopher. And he was a great philosopher because he was a great metaphysician. In the twentieth century, metaphysics was not much in vogue, among eithertheologians or even philosophers; but now it is making a comeback, and once the contours of Thomas's metaphysical vision are glimpsed, it looks like anything but a museum piece. It only needs some dusting off. Many are studying Thomas now for the answers that he might be able to give to current questions, but he is perhaps even more interesting for the questions that he can raise regarding current answers: about the physical world, about human life and knowledge, and (needless to say) about God. This book is aimed at helping those who are not experts in medieval thought to begin to enter into Thomas's philosophical point of view. Along the way, it brings out some aspects of his thought that are not often emphasised in the current literature, and it offers a reading of his teaching on the divine nature that goes rather against the drift of some prominent recent interpretations.

Author : Christopher John Shields,Robert Pasnau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199301232

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The Philosophy of Aquinas by Christopher John Shields,Robert Pasnau Pdf

Beginning with a brief overview of Aquinas' life and philosophical career, the authors introduce his overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his philosophical investigations across a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory.

Author : Leo Elders
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813230276

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Thomas Aquinas and His Predecessors by Leo Elders Pdf

Thomas Aquinas and His Predecessors takes us on a voyage through the history of philosophical thought as present in the works of Thomas Aquinas. It is a synthetic presentation of the works and thought of the great predecessors of Aquinas, as he kne

Author : Brian Davies,Eleonore Stump
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190208790

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The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas by Brian Davies,Eleonore Stump Pdf

Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) lived an active, demanding academic and ecclesiastical life that ended while he was still comparatively young. He nonetheless produced many works, varying in length from a few pages to a few volumes. The present book is an introduction to this influential author and a guide to his thought on almost all the major topics on which he wrote. The book begins with an account of Aquinas's life and works. The next section contains a series of essays that set Aquinas in his intellectual context. They focus on the philosophical sources that are likely to have influenced his thinking, the most prominent of which were certain Greek philosophers (chiefly Aristotle), Latin Christian writers (such as Augustine), and Jewish and Islamic authors (such as Maimonides and Avicenna). The subsequent sections of the book address topics that Aquinas himself discussed. These include metaphysics, the existence and nature of God, ethics and action theory, epistemology, philosophy of mind and human nature, the nature of language, and an array of theological topics, including Trinity, Incarnation, sacraments, resurrection, and the problem of evil, among others. These sections include more than thirty contributions on topics central to Aquinas's own worldview. The final sections of the volume address the development of Aquinas's thought and its historical influence. Any attempt to present the views of a philosopher in an earlier historical period that is meant to foster reflection on that thinker's views needs to be both historically faithful and also philosophically engaged. The present book combines both exposition and evaluation insofar as its contributors have space to engage in both. This Handbook is therefore meant to be useful to someone wanting to learn about Aquinas's philosophy and theology while also looking for help in philosophical interaction with it.

Author : H. D. Gardeil
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608991242

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Introduction to the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, Volume 3 by H. D. Gardeil Pdf

"Indispensable to a technical knowledge of the workings of God in the soul is a scientific grasp of human nature. In an admirably clear and concise form such an exposition of psychology has been provided for us by Father Gardeil . . .Writing his book around a judicious selection of texts from all the works of St. Thomas, and following the order of the De Anima of Aristotle, Father Gardeil supplies us with a volume which fits as easily into the hands of the natural scientist as into the hands of the theologian."--Cross and Crown"Briefly, this volume is an excellent contribution to a modern field of intellectual thought which direly needs the illumination and guidance of the Doctor Communis . . . Beyond a doubt, this volume is a 'must' for all Catholic philosophy teachers."--Dominicana

Author : Creighton Rosental
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780881462531

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Lessons from Aquinas by Creighton Rosental Pdf

Thomas Aquinas has long been understood to have reconciled faith and reason. Typically, he is understood as having provided justification for faith by means of proof, particularly, that the Five Ways prove the existence of God. Under this interpretation, faith becomes a species of justified belief, and the justification for faith rests upon the success of the Five Ways (or, alternatively, on the success of other justificatory evidence). In this book, Creighton Rosental argues that Aquinas¿s account of faith is not one of justified belief, at least as it is understood in contemporary philosophy. Instead, Rosental argues, faith has its own basis for epistemic ¿reasonableness¿ ¿ a reasonableness that does not derive from ordinary evidence or proof. Rather than requiring evidence accessible to the natural light of reason, Aquinas holds that faith has its own sort of ¿evidence¿¿that which results from the light of faith. Aquinas ¿Aristotelianizes¿ faith and argues that faith has the Aristotelian epistemic virtue of certitude, and in so doing reconciles faith and Aristotelian reason, at least as Aristotle was understood by Medieval philosophers. This reconciliation resolves important tensions between Aristotelian science and Christian doctrine. Further, Rosental examines three contemporary accounts of what counts as an epistemically ¿responsible¿ belief (namely, justified belief, practical rationality, and warrant) and argue that under Aquinas¿s account, faith should be counted as rational, and in an important, though modified sense, as justified. Rosental¿s book is an erudite and accessible reading of this most fundamental issue in Thomistic studies.

Author : Matthew L. Lamb
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813228396

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Theology Needs Philosophy by Matthew L. Lamb Pdf

15. Moderating the Magnanimous Man: Aquinas on Greatness of Soul - Marc D. Guerra -- 16. Charles De Koninck and Aquinas's Doctrine of the Common Good - Sebastian Walshe, O Praem -- 17. Reading Aquinas's Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: A Reply to Mark D. Jordan - Christopher Kaczor -- Afterword: Remembering a Genuine Lover of Wisdom: The Impressive Legacy of Ralph McInerny - Michael Novak -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index

Author : Eleonore Stump
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1149 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134971077

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Aquinas by Eleonore Stump Pdf

Few philosophers or theologians exerted as much influence on the shape of medieval thought as Thomas Aquinas. He ranks amongst the most famous of the Western philosophers and was responsible for almost single-handedly bringing the philosophy of Aristotle into harmony with Christianity. He was also one of the first philosophers to argue that philosophy and theology could support each other. The shape of metaphysics, theology, and Aristotelian thought today still bears the imprint of Aquinas' work. In this extensive and deeply researched study, Eleonore Stump examines Aquinas' major works, Summa Theologiae and Summa Contra Gentiles, and clearly assesses the vast range of Aquinas' thought. Philosophers, theologians, and students of the medieval period alike will find this unrivalled study an indispensable resource in researching and teaching Aquinas.

Author : Aelred Whitacre
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606088289

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St. Thomas Aquinas by Aelred Whitacre Pdf

Author : Francis John Selman
Publisher : Veritas Co. Ltd.
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781853908026

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Aspects of Aquinas by Francis John Selman Pdf

Reverend Francis Selman offers a fresh insight into many of the more salient features of Aquinas' work with sections on God, the human being and moral life.

Author : Scott MacDonald
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501728372

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Being and Goodness by Scott MacDonald Pdf

The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best recent historical scholarship in medieval philosophy and make available to nonspecialists an array of sophisticated treatments of issues that remain central to metaphysics and philosophical theology. The contributors, leading philosophers and scholars of medieval philosophy, represent a variety of points of view and take diverse methodological approaches. They address the works of figures from Augustine and Boethius to Suarez, Descartes, and Leibniz, but focus particularly on thirteenth-century thinkers, especially Aquinas.